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Are we bigger than our data points? Are we more powerful than the algorithm? What’s the difference between making news and breaking news? Breaking news and faking news? Why is social media so lonely? What’s my personal data worth?
Debate these questions. Go behind the digital façade. Learn to make media and to move through it wisely.
Degree Type
BA, Combined BA & HBA
Duration of Study
3-5 years
Start Date
September 2027
Faculty
Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)
OUAC Code
EI
Admission Average Guideline
Low to mid 80s
First-Year Class Size
300
Co-op / Internship
Available
Customized support for students in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies
In-house career services in MACS will support you from day one with an annual career conference, skills workshops and events. Have a career in mind? Give it a test drive with an optional internship module. You’ll even earn credits for your degree.
News
Western professor Joanna Redden was awarded a competitive fellowship to further her work studying political and social justice implications of artificial intelligence (AI). The Faculty of Information and Media Studies professor, co-director of the Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies, is among the eight 2026 Dorothy Killam Fellowships.
Prof Redden will use the fellowship to work with advocates, community organizers, researchers and policy-makers to try to increase accountability and civic participation in important decisions around AI.
100+
FIMS students participated in internship opportunities in 2026
10,000+
alumni making an impact in their fields
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